Monday, December 30, 2013

Come Party in Harlem on New Year's Eve at Cove Lounge NYC. We will have two floors of food, drinks and bumping music thanks to celebrity DJ's: Commish, Blade and Mike Sessions.

We are open from 8PM - 7AM and our chef has customized a dinner menu from 8PM-11PM, appetizer menu from 11PM-2AM and a breakfast menu, with unlimited Mimosas, from 4AM-7AM, for all the late night party guests.

Guests will also enjoy a complimentary champagne toast at midnight while watching the ball drop on six flat screen televisions. Also enjoy passed hors d'oeuvres and party favors on behalf of Cove Lounge NYC.

Get ready to dance the night away until 7AM on two floors. VIP's will experience a free open bar from 11PM-2AM downstairs, while dancing the night away.

Friday, December 27, 2013

Anti Bratton movement brews

Stay out of New York, Mr. Bratton. Don’t come back. That’s the sentiment from a group of parents whose children were killed by police officers during the soon-to-be top cop’s first stint as NYPD police commissioner in the 1990s. BY SIMONE WEICHSELBAUM NEW YORK DAILY NEWS STAY OUT of New York, Mr.

Poor Thang: Jay Z’s Brand Is Suffering Because People Don’t Trust Him

In July, the rapper and business mogul Jay Z partnered with Samsung to release a new album, “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” by giving away 1 million copies to the first Samsung mobile users to download a free app.

According to research from celebrity branding expert Jeetendr Sehdev, Jay Z’s partnership with Samsung was the second least popular celebrity marketing deal of 2013 among consumers aged 13-31 (Justin Bieber’s partnership with OPI was the most hated).

In fact, the 1,000 millennials surveyed said the rapper himself was among the people least influential to their purchase decisions among the 80 celebrities Sehdev asked about, a group that included a range of personalities spanning from Tom Brady to Hillary Clinton.

Sehdev said that while Jay Z remains popular with Americans of all ages, his brand is missing one crucial piece needed to persuade them to spend hard-earned money on the products he touts: authenticity.

Poor Jigga.

The survey found that Jay Z scored 70% lower in the categories of trustworthiness and honesty than did celebrities like Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Lawrence, an issue Sehdev chalks up to Jay’s intense focus on making money seemingly however he can.

“Millennials question the exact nature of Jay Z’s role in the artistic process,” Sehdev said. “Does he really write his own songs? Is he choosing the artists to collaborate with, or is he just the face of a money-making empire?”

“Millennials question his approach to loyalty, whether it be to a business deal or his fans,” Sehdev said. “His motivations to just make money can be viewed by this audience as self-centered, even if they may be business savvy.”

Sehdev praised Jay Z’s participation in a revealing Vanity Fair cover story last month as a positive step toward regaining the trust of millennial consumers by shedding light on his social views and the family life he shares with his wife, Beyoncé, and their baby daughter Blue Ivy.

To continue this progress, Sehdev said Jay will have to continue to feed the public’s thirst for knowledge about his relationship with his superstar wife and be mindful of only taking on partnerships that mesh with the Jay Z brand.

“We rarely see this true side of him,” Sehdev said. “I believe Jay Z is going to need more exposure of his true self, meaningful partnerships, and true philanthropic efforts to get back into the good books of Millennials.”

What killed the liberal radio star?

Louis: Next week, when WWRL 1600 AM flips its format from progressive talk to Spanish-language music and talk, New York will have no left-leaning commercial talk station for the first time in decades — an ironic development just as an unabashedly liberal mayor and City Council are set to take office.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Rubin: Former Rice star on right path at Manhattan after brother is slain

If you grow up hard in the Edenwald Houses in the Bronx, like Manhattan junior forward Emmy Andujar did, sometimes decisions and their consequences get magnified. Surrounded by gangs and drugs and so much violence, a couple choices can be the difference between getting swallowed up and getting out.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Melissa Mark-Viverito is planning her coronation as the next City Council speaker, having apparently won the misguided support of a majority of her fellow members. Many of the 30 who signed on share her progressive agenda.

Manhattan man, 76, hit by 2 vehicles dies

A 76-year-old man was hit and killed by a car as he crossed a Washington Heights street Friday evening, cops said. Antonio Escanio, 73, was crossing Amsterdam Ave. near his apartment inside the Dunwell Plaza senior home at 1920 Amsterdam Ave. at 5:51 p.m. when he was struck by a white 2009 Toyota SUV traveling south on Amsterdam.

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